Joined on 03/30/15
ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Pros: I'm impressed, I installed this cooler on my Intel i7-4790K processor. On the low fan speed the idle temps for my processor using Real Temp 3.70 are in the upper 20C area, when gaming they hit the upper 30C area, occasionally the lower 40C area. I used arctic ARCTIC MX4 thermal compound and also have a case with awesome air flow, I'm sure that helped.
Cons: None so far.
Not a recommened DVD drive
Pros: It worked, but not well.
Cons: It was loud, slow and sometimes would not spin up the disk. I do not recommend this drive.
Wrong DVD drive
Pros: I don't know, PlatinumMicro.com sent me the wrong DVD drive. The one they sent me was the LG-GH24NSC0B. It was loud, slow and sometimes would not spin up the disk. I do not recommend this drive.
Cons: Sent me the wrong drive and PlatinumMicro.com so far has not refunded my money. I would not recommend them for any purchases.
Nice
Pros: So far a great power supply, very stable and very quite. Lots of cables that are plenty long enough and an eco mode switch were the fan does not come on until a 20% load is applied. Also comes with felcro wire ties, nice. This unit replaced a Corsair HX 850W which worked great but had a very annoying constant electrical whine which got louder under load. I highly recommend this eVGA unit.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Well update this review if anything changes.
LPT printer port
Pros: It works fine.
Cons: None
Gigabyte
Pros: I've owned Gigabyte boards before and have always had good luck with them. Very stable board and has a very nice bios interface. Cool red LED lights the lower portion of board near the audio chip.
Cons: None so far.
Overall Review: The board is a bit narrow and the memory slot closest the CPU when loaded with a tall high performance memory module might interfere with the CPU cooler. So I installed a ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm which fit perfectly and cools the CPU very well and is very quite on the lowest setting. On the highest setting the fan is a little loud.